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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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